Oregon Department of Transportation crews had to move the lanes on Highway 217 to raise the median. As part of the project, they had to grind down the old lane markers, which created ruts in the road.

Jesse Goodling said his tire was damaged by the ruts on Sunday, and it could have been a lot worse.

“I felt my car jolt real fast as I got going right over the ruts,” he said. “I knew immediately something was wrong ’cause it kind of threw me into the wall a little bit, or toward the wall, and I over-corrected a little bit and it threw me into the right lane after that.”

Goodling said he thought his tire was blown out, but when he got home he saw that it was flat and separated from the rim on the inside. He took it to a repair shop and said he was told the jerk by the ruts pulled the tire from the rim.